Necktie



J. WEISBAUM Re. 20,942 NECKTIE Dec. 6, 1938..

Original Filed March 5, 1936 v INVENTOR. Jhc/r hvs anum.

- ATTORNEYS.

Reissued Dec. 6, 1938 Original No. 2,051,322, dated Aim: 18, 1936, Serial No. 79,957, May 15, 1936, which is a division of Serial No. 67,345, March 5, 1936.

plication for reissue April 27, 1938, Serial No.

7 Claims. (01. 2146) My invention relates to improvements in necktie construction.

In the manufacture of neckties it has been the custom in the past to lay a plurality of plies '5 of material on the cutting table, and in accordance with a predetermined pattern, to cut through a number of successive layers at the same time. This makes a desired number of ties with various kinds of material which may be 10 made up in the same manner, and the ties will accordingly all be the same size.

, There are a great many different styles of neckties, both of the four-in-hand and bow type, and there are various plans of folding the mall terial and inserting linings in the ties.

Heretofore the silk or other fabric from which the crease lines and using tacking stitches to to secure the folds together.

The invention as set forth herein which comprises a preferred type of four-in-hand tie is preferably manufactured inaccordance with the method noted.

35, Regardless of the method employed in its manufacture, this application relates tothe necktie itself and to its constructive features.

It is an object of my invention to provide a four-fold, three crease four-in-hand tie in which 4|) the fabric of the tie is so arranged that the use of a liner is obviated.

It is an object of my invention to provide a four-in-hand tie without a liner in which the edges of the folds are so arranged underneath 45 the creases of exposed folds so that the tie may be pressed to its original'shape without the formation of polished lines extending'down' the exposed face of the tie. What this means is essentially that when the 'tie is pressed; the censo tral portion of the tie constituting the'complete thickness of four folds will be the part that is compacted, whereas the margins beyond the four-fold thickness are not compacted. Thus, no lines are formed where the thickness drops off from-four. thicknesses to two thicknesses. So it double ply folds are then folded together along is that by bringing the edges of the concealed layers close enough to the fold lines bounding the face of the tie, it is possible to press the tie without leaving any indented or polished lines, and it is also in this sense that the fold lines 5 bounding the face of the tie conceal the underlying portions. Due to the fact that the tie is made of bias cut fabric, preferably havin a decided resilience, the fold lines beyond t e full thickness area will be rolled loosely, which gives the tie when repressed, the appearance of a new tie. The closeness which the underlying portions must have to the fold lines on the face of the tie, depends somewhat on the resilience of the fabric of the tie itself, and the amount of rolled l6 effect which is natural to that type of fabric.

It is an object of my invention in a four-fold threecrease four-in-hand tie 'to so arrange the fabric on the bias that no reinforcement at the neck bandis required and so that the formation of wrinkles during the wear of the tie is ma-. terially lessened.

The above object and other objects to which reference will be made in the ensuing description, I accomplish by that certain combination as v and arrangement of parts of which I have shown a preferred embodiment.

Referring to the drawing:-

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a piece of material creased and ready for folding into my preferred type of tie.

Fig. 2 is a. perspective view of a finished tie made in accordance with'my invention.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a finished tie laid out flat showing the spacing of the tacking stitches. v

Referring to the drawing, I have shown the tie material piece at In having diagonally cut ends ll, Ila, the end Ila being the portion which is larger and which will accordingly form the out- 0 side face or visible portion of the four-in-hand tie after it is adjusted about the collar of a wearer.

- The tie illustrated has three lines of fold or creases ab, cd, and e1. These creases preferably are formed by a pressing operation but may be formed by pressing over forms in what has heretofore been the normal blocking process of the manufacture.

After the fabric has been creased or after it has had the crease lines indicated, the operator folds the fabric along the creases e and ab. The

the creases cd. This will cause the edges an of one side of the fabric piece and the edges ii of U the other to lie in overlapped parallel arrangement extending along one of the edges of the finished tie as indicated in Fig. 2 The opposite edges of the tiewill be formed by overlying layers, the outer layer being the fold-along the crease ab, and the underlying folded layer the fold along the crease cf, so that when the tie is pressed the entire medial section, throughout substantially the length of the tie, will be free 10 from any underlying edges or edge folds/of fabric, so that the tie maybe pressed without, danser of developing shiny lines.- The. close proximity of the inner fold ej lies sufliciently close to the crease ab that the resiliency'of the fabric .at the crease ab prevents the development of a shiny line on the outer surface of the material registering with the .crease e).

. The samethingistruewithrelationtothe cut edges that unde lie the fold lines. Here the add- "2 ed thickness of the tie liesbetw'een two plies constituting the face and the back of the tie, but here wthe fold line with its roll conceals the fencl extra thickn which underlie that 'edge of the face of the tie. Rolled edge creases, as clearly shownin the sectional view in Figure 2, are desirable from a point of view of appearance and as far as! am aware are uniqueas a result of a construction inherent in y, tie made in accordance with my invention. Unless the edge ef is positionedfairly close tothe edge ab the two unsupported plies of fabric folded at ab will not be s'ufllclently self sustaining not to curl up in the portion of the tie forming the tying loops of the fcur-in-hand bow. On the opposite side of thetie the underlying edges ch. and i1 supportthecreasededgecdsoastopreventit curling over in the medial portion of'the tie and the rolled edge cd conceals the presence of the underlying edges an and ii. I v

When highly resilient material such as Palm Beach" cloth is used as the fabric, and-the materialiscutonthebiss,notonlyisnoliningrequired but the folds may be secured together withspacedbartacks:ralongtheef.ab.

With such a construction, there is no tendency for the tie to pull out or twist at the tie portion and the tie may be laundered and pressed withoutitbeing toremovethestitchesor bar tacks which hold the tie together.

l bur'substantial widths of material in the medial portion of the tie provide a balance construction which under pulling tension does not twist or distort the fabric. By the portion of the tie exposedtoviewwheninuse,1meanthat partoftbe 'tiewhich extends out from the neckband portion and is visible when in use, and which forms the tying loops and extends down toward the pointed end of the tie as far as the stitching is required. The pointed end'of the tie is often concealed by the wearer's vest or buttoned coat and is formed by folding in adjacent folds against the rear face of the pointed end in a triangular ent. Nostitchingisrequiredinthepointedend. "1his portion of the tie is shown in, the lower half of the tie illustrated in Fig. 8. It is this portion of the tie which must withstand the hardest usage. Qncethefabricinthispartofthetieistwisted distorted and the edges curled the tie is ordi- In a tie made in accordance with my invention strains incident to tying donot the to buckle and twist, and curl the and usage does not develop in this portion of'the tie;

' advised; no four-in-hand tie has 75 made of fabric cut on the with a three crease four-fold construction which extends substantially throughout the length of the tie and while with certain fabrics cut on the bias, no lining is required, I consider within the scope of my invention other ties folded in accordance s with the preferred 'pattem illustrated even though, with some fabrics a reinforcing liner is provided in the neck band portion.

Referring now to Fig. 3, it will be observed that the tacking stitches are spaced substantially in equal distance apart. Assuming that the length of the tie is from 46 to 48 inches the tacking stitches are arranged medially in a space of about 32 inches and since there are nine .tacks they average slightly more than three inches apart. The tacking stitches extend through both plies of .the underlying fold of material but are only secured through the ply of the fold underlying the front face of the tie. Thus the tacking stitches are sufliciently spaced and the manner of inserting them is such that there is no tendency to cause the tie to buckle when stitched. There is as complete resilience as occurs in a tie having a loose lining secured with loose stitching.

In the claims which follow, the folding of the blank into thefi finished tie is explained by refer ,enoe to that portion or width of the tie between the creases cd, ab as the first or exposed width; that portion between the crease ab and the side edge ch as the second width; that portion between the creases cd and e) as the third width and that portion between the creases ef and the side edge if as the fourth width. r

Having'thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A'four-in-hand tie comprising a piece of fabric cut on the bias and uniformly stretchable throughout its length and having three folding creases extending throughout the'length of the tie along which creases the tie is folded into four' approximately even widths producing four thick-- "nesses of fabric throughout approximately the full width of that portion of the tie which is exposed to view when in use, the first width comprising the part exposed to view when in use, the second width attached to the first and folded back against it along one creased edge of said first. width, the third width attached to the first and folded back along the other creased edge of the. exposed width, the fourth width attached to the third and folded back along the other creased edge of said third width, the side edges of the second and fourth widths overlying each other substantially underneath and concealed by one edge crease of the exposed width, and the creased edge between the third and fourth width b'eing spaced slightly inwardly from and thereby concealedby the other edge of the exposed width when in use.

2. A four-in-hand tie comprising a piece of fabric cut on the bias and uniformly stretchablethroughout its length and having three folding creases extending througho the length of the along which creases the t e is folded into four approximately even wid prbduc'ing f thickof fabric throughout approxima ly the full width of that portion of the tie which is exposed to view when in use, the first width co prising the part exposed to view when in use, t e second width attached etc the first and folded back against it along one creased edge of said first width, the third widthattached to the first and foIded back along the other creased edge of the exposed width, the fourth width attached to the third and folded back along the other creased edge of said third width, the side edges of the second and fourth widths overlying each other substantially underneath and concealed by one edge crease of the exposed width and the creased edge between the third and fourth width, being spaced slightly inwardly from and thereby concealed by the other edge of the exposed width when in use, and stitches spaced substantially apart securing the creased edge between the third and fourth width to the second width.

3. A four-in-hand tie comprising a piece of resilient fabric out on the bias and uniformly stretchable throughout its length and having three folding creases extending throughout the length of the tie along which creases the tie is folded into four approximately even widths producing four thicknesses of fabric throughout approximately the full width of that portion of the tie which is exposed to view when in use, the first width comprising the part exposed to view when in use, the second width attached to the first and folded back against it along one creased edge of said first width, the third width attached to the first and folded back along the other creased edge of the exposed width, the fourth width attached to the third and folded back along the other creased edge of said third width, the side edges of the second and fourth widths overh'ing each other substantially underneath and concealed by one edge crease of the exposed width. and the creased edgebetween the third and fourth width being spaced slightly inwardly from and thereby concealed by the other edge, of the exposed width when in use.

4. A four-in-hand tie comprising a piece of- ;resilient fabric out on the bias and uniformly stretchable throughout its length, and having three folding creases extending substantially throughout the length of the tie along, which creases the tie is folded into four widths overly-. ing each other a substantial distance in the medial portion of the tie thereby producing four thicknesses of fabric of substantial width throughout the visible portion of the tie, the first width comprising the outer surface or exposure portion, the second width attached to the first and folded back against it along one creased edge of such first width, the third width attached to the first and folded back along the other creased edge of the exposure portion, the fourth width attached to the third and folded. back along the other creased edge of said third width, said tie being further characterized in the medial and visible portion by the second and fourth widths being concealed within the fold between the outer and third width and the creased edge between the third and fourth width being secured along a line spaced inwardly from and thereby concealed by a roll-ed creased edge between the outer and second width.

5. A four-in-hand tie comprising a piece of resilient fabric cut on the bias and uniformly creases the tie is folded into four widths overlying stretchable throughout its length, and having three folding creases extending substantially throughout the length of the tie along which each other a substantial distance in the medial portion of the tie thereby producing four thicknesses of fabric of substantial width throughout the medial portion of the tie, the first width comprising the outer surface or exposure portion,

' the second width attached to the first and folded back against it along one creased edge of such first width, the third width attached to the first and folded back along the other creased edge of the exposure portion, the fourth width attached to the third and folded back along the other creased edge of said third width, said tie being tween the first and second width a sufiicient dis-,

tance whereby said tie when pressed will have a rolled crease between the first and second width, and such rolled crease conceals the presence of the underlying creased edge between the third and fourth width, saidspacing being insuflicient to leave an unsupported fold of the first and, second width which curl at the edge in thebow tying portion. k

6. A four-in-hand tie comprising a piece of resilient fabric cut on the bias and uniformly stretchable throughout its length, and having three folding creases extending substantially throughout the length of the tie along which creases the tie is folded into four widths overlying each other a substantial distance in the medial portion of the tie thereby producing four thicknesses of fabric of substantial width throughout the visible portion of the tie, the first width comprising the outer surface or exposure portion, the second width attached to the first and folded back against it along one creased edge of such first width, the third width attached to the first and folded back along the other creased edge of'the exposure portion, the fourth width attached to the third and folded back along the other creased edge of said third width, said tie being further characterized in said medial and visible portion by the side edges of the second and fourth width being concealedwithin the fold between the first and third width and extending in substantial overlapping relation'to a position sufficiently close to the creased edge between the first and third-widths whereby said tie, after be- I ing pressed, has a rolled creased edge between said first and third widths and the presence of the underlying edges of the second and fourth width are thereby concealed, and the creased edge between the third and fourth width being held by stitching along a line spaced inwardly from the creased edge between the first and second width a sufficient distance whereby said tie when between the first and second width being sufliclent to support the edges of the tie to prevent curling in the bow tying portion.

7. A four-in-hand necktie consisting of a. single layer of fabric folded upon itself, said layer form.-

- ing an elongated blank with respect to which the weave of the cloth is bias, said blank having three longitudinal creases throughout its length, dividing the blank into four parts as follows: a face portion, a back portion of substatnially equal width joined to the face portion, and two flaps joined respectively to the unjoined edges of the back and face portions, so that when said blank is folded on said creases to form a tie, said face 4- some w and back portions both are bounded by folded being of such width as to cause said flap to edges, the line 01 told between the hack portion form n liner Ior'said tie. and of such width tha.t and its flap being secured along a line spaced its cut edge lies closely beneath the line 0! fold inwardly oi the line 0! !old between the face between thebsckand lace portions soas'to pro- 5 portion and its flap sufllciently to produce a rolled duce s rolled efleet at said line 01' told when the 5 efiect at the last mentioned line of told when tie is pressed. J the tie is pressed, and one of said flaps st least JACK WEISBAUM, 

